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Indian Minerals Yearbook 2018 STATE REVIEWS Indian Minerals Yearbook 2018 (Part- I) 57th Edition STATE REVIEWS (Assam) (FINAL RELEASE) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES Indira Bhavan, Civil Lines, NAGPUR – 440 001 PHONE/FAX NO. (0712) 2565471 PBX : (0712) 2562649, 2560544, 2560648 E-MAIL : [email protected] Website: www.ibm.gov.in November, 2019 11-1 STATE REVIEWS ASSAM Anglong and North Lakhimpur districts; fireclay in Dibrugarh, Karbi Anglong, North Mineral Resources Cachar Hills and North Lakhimpur districts; Coal, petroleum & natural gas, limestone, fuller's earth in Nalbari district; granite in fuller's earth, sillimanite and minor minerals are Goalpara, Kamrup and Karbi Anglong districts, the chief mineral resources of the State. Coal iron ore (haematite) in Kokrajhar district; iron occurs in Mikirs Hills, Dilli-Jeypore, Makum and ore (magnetite) in Dhubri, Goalpara & Kokrajhar Singrimari coalfields. Coal extracted from the State districts; quartz/silica sand in Nagaon district, is friable and contains high sulphur. Petroleum and sillimanite in Karbi Anglong & Nagaon & natural gas occurs in Digboi oilfields, districts. The reserve / resources of minerals and Lakhimpur district and in Moran & Rudrasagar coal are provided in Tables - 1 and 2. oilfields in Sivasagar district located in Assam Arakan Fold Belt (AAFB), Upper Assam and Exploration & Development Assam basins. Limestone occurs in Karbi GSI carried out exploration for iron ore & coal in Anglong, North Cachar Hills and Nagaon Assam during 2017-18, the details of which are districts. Besides, china clay occurs in Karbi furnished in Table-3. Table – 1: Reserves/Resources of Coal as on 1.4.2018 : Assam (In million tonnes) Coalfield Pr ov ed Indicated Inferred Tota l Total 4 6 4 .7 8 5 7.2 1 3 . 0 2 5 2 5 .0 1 Singrimari - 1 4.4 9 - 1 4.4 9 Mak um 4 3 2 .0 9 2 0.7 0 - 4 5 2 .7 9 Dilli-Jeypore 3 2.0 0 2 2.0 2 - 5 4.0 2 Mikir Hills 0 . 6 9 - 3 . 0 2 3 . 7 1 Source: Coal Directory of India, 2017-18. 11-2 Table – 2 : Reserves/Resources of Minerals as on 1.4.2015 : Assam Reserves Remaining Resources Mineral Unit Proved Probable Total Feasibility Pre-feasibility Measured Indicated Inferred Reconnaissance Total Total STD111 (A) STD211 STD331 STD332 STD333 STD334 (B) Resources STD121 STD122 STD221 STD222 (A+B) China Clay# '000 tonnes - - - - - 131 - 392 - 3520 - 4043 4043 Fireclay# '000 tonnes - - - - - - - - - 3161 - 3161 3161 Fuller’s earth## tonne - - - - - - - - - 18860000 - 18860000 18860000 Granite (Dim. stone)## '000 cu m - - - - - - - - 800 583150 - 583950 583950 Iron Ore ST A (Haematite) '000 tonnes - - - - - - - - 8600 4000 - 12600 12600 TE REVIEWS 11-3 Iron Ore (Magnetite) '000 tonnes - - - - - - - - - 15380 - 15380 15380 Limestone '000 tonnes 25542 152546 - 178088 167902 21973 4257 154644 39859 901623 - 1290258 1468346 Quartz- silica sand# '000 tonnes - - - - - - - - - 1790 - 1790 1790 Sillimanite tonne - - - - - - - - 850000 6700 3748000 4604700 4604700 Figures rounded off # Declared as Minor Mineral vide Gazette Notification dated 10.02.2015. ## Minor Minerals before Gazette Notification dated 10.02.2015. Note: The proved and indicated balance recoverable reserves of crude oil and natural gas as on 1.4.2 016 are 160.79 million tonnes and 153.76 billion cu m, respectively. STATE REVIEWS Table – 3 : Details of Exploration Activities in Assam, 2017-18 Agency/ Location Mapping Drilling Mineral/ Sampling Remarks District Scale Area No. of Meterage (No.) Reserves/Resources estimated (sq km) boreholes GSI Co al Dhubri Tatipara- 1:10000 2.73 1 301 - Reconnaisance survey for Gondwana Arateragaon coal was taken up in this area at the area border of Assam and Meghalaya. During study an area of 2.73 sq. km was mapped on 1:10000 scale and one borehole was drilled to a depth of 301 m. The borehole intersected 148 m thick alluvium that comprised loose sand, loose cobbles & pebbles of quartz, feldspars, quartzites and basic igneous rocks followed by tertiary sediments comprising of grey mudstone, carbonaceous mudstone, mottled mudstone and coaly horizons. Below the tertiary sediments, the basement occurs as weathered quartzo- feldspathic gneissic rocks at a depth of 287.00 m. Iron ore Goalpara Chandradinga - - - - - Preliminary exploration for low grade area iron ore was carried out in this area, Three distinct bands of BMQ-BHQ have been delineated in the study area. Two boreholes were intersected iron formation in the form of BMQ-BHQ and powdery iron ore from 0.0 m to 41 m and 0.0 m to 32 m, respectively. The iron formations have disseminated sulphide grains mainly pyrite, chalcopyrite, bornite and malachite. Iron formation is low grade in which total Fe in BMQ varies from 25 wt% to 46.82% and a few reach up to 59.40% in powdery iron ore (black ferruginous sand). The rocks belonging to mafic-ultramafic suite have been reported which consists of gabbro as the dominant lithounit along with peridotite, tremolite actinolite schist and pyroxenite. Peridotite shows cumulus texture in which intercumulus phase is pyroxene. A broad magnetic anomaly fluctuating in nature has been observed with values varying from 7804 nT to -4926 nT. Smooth magnetic anomaly, in increasing trend, has been observed towards north. Chakrasila, - - - - - - In Bongaigaon, Dhubri and Kokrajhar Nandagiri and districts, a reconnaissance survey was Bhumeswar carried out for iron ore in Chakrasila, Nadangiri and Bhumeswar areas. The study area comprised of granite gneisses, migmatites, Banded 11-4 (Contd) STATE REVIEWS Table – 3 (Concld) Agency/ Location Mapping Drilling Mineral/ Sampling Remarks District Scale Area No. of Meterage (No.) Reserves/Resources estimated (sq km) boreholes Magnetite Quartzite (BMQ) and amphibolites which is further intruded by later pegmatite and quartz veins and surrounded with the loose yellowish gritty soil of quaternary Chappar Formation. In Lalmati block, BMQ occurs as discontinuous patches and extend for a cumulative strike length of 300 m with average lateral extension of 2-4 m and maximum depth extension of 10 m. BMQ in Shiljan block occurs as patchy boulders for a cumulative strike length of 200 m and depth continuity of 1-2 m. The rock composed of 30-35% magnetite, 20-25% hornblende and 40- 50% quartz. Dark bands mainly composed of two generations of magnetite. Highest magnetic value recorded from Lalmati block is 1187 nT and Shiljan block is 557.3 nT. Production The value of minor minerals production was Petroleum (crude), natural gas (utilised), estimated at ` 31 crore for the year 2017-18. coal and limestone were the principal minerals There were 3 reporting mines in 2017-18 in produced in Assam in 2017-18 Assam in case of MCDR minerals (Table-4). Table – 4: Mineral Production in Assam, 2015-16 to 2017-18 (Excluding Atomic Minerals) (Value in `'000) 2 0 1 5 -1 6 2 0 1 6 -1 7 20 17 -1 8 (P) Mineral Unit No. of Quantity Value$ No. of Quantity Value$ No. of Quantity Value$$ mines mines mines All Minerals 3 544220 3 758449 3 775010 Coal '000t 487 - - 600 - - 781 - Natural Gas (ut.) m cu m 3025 - - 3128 - - 3220 Petroleum (crude) '000t - 4185 - - 4203 - 4345 Limestone '000t 3 777 230415 3 1594 444644 3 1432 461205 Sulphur# t - 4312 - - 6559 - - 8051 - Minor Minerals@ - - 313805 - - 313805 - - 313805 Note : The number of mines excludes Petroleum (crude), Natural Gas (utilised) and minor minerals. $ Excludes the value of Petroleum (crude) & Natural Gas (ut.) $$ Excluding fuel minerals. # Recovered as by-product from oil refinery. @ Figures for earlier years have been repeated as estimates because of non-receipt of data. 11-5 STATE REVIEWS Mineral-based Industry available information, the principal mineral-based industries in the organised sector in the State are The present status of each mineral-based furnished in Table - 5. industry is not readily available. However, as per the Table – 5 : Principal Mineral-based Industries in Assam Table – 5 (Concld) Industry/plant Capacity Industry/plant Capacity ('0 00 tpy) ('0 00 tpy) Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizers Corpn. Ltd, 510 (Urea) Asbestos Products Namrup (Namrup II & III), Distt Dibrugarh. Assam Roofing Ltd, Bonda, Distt Kamrup. 5 8 Progressive Fertichem Pvt. Ltd, 45 (SSP) C e me n t Topatoli, Kamrup. Barak Valley Cements Ltd, Jhoom basti, 330 Badarpurghat, Distt Karimganj. Iron & Steel Calcom Cement (Dalmia Subsidiary), 1720 Shri Ganapati Ispat Pvt Ltd, Tinsukia. NA Distt Nagaon. Petroleum Refinery CCI Ltd, Bokajan, Distt Karbi Anglong. 200 Indian Oil Corporation, Bongaigaon. 2350 Cement Manufacturing Co. Ltd, Chamata 1800 Indian Oil Corporation, Moonmati, Guwahati. 1000 Pathar, P. O. Sonapur, Distt Kamrup (G). Indian Oil Corporation, Digboi. 650 Purbanchal Cement, Vill. Sarutari, Distt Kamrup. 360 NRL, Numaligarh, Golaghat. 3000 Fertilizer Note: Data, not readily available for fertilizer and cement Assam State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd, 33 (SSP) industries on respective websites, is taken from Indian Fertilizer Chandrapur, Distt Kamrup. 16.5 (H SO ) 2 4 Scenario, FAI Statistics, and Survey of Cement Industry & (Contd) Directory, respectively. 11-6.
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